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KYIV, March 12 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 fighter was damaged after a car drove into it, the Ukrainian military and local media said on Friday.
The Air Command Centre said in a statement that a car collided with the jet while it was being towed to an aircraft parking lot, resulting in a fire. The incident happened on Wednesday evening. It gave no more details.
Local media reported that the fighter, based at an air base near the capital Kyiv, received significant damage to its engine and fuselage.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are still using Soviet-designed aircraft and other military equipment, with plans to eventually move to NATO standards. (Reporting by Pavel Polityuk)
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casualties from this crash. yes, we re confirming we ve had an f-18 delta military aircraft go down into an apartment complex in virginia beach. we do we have a third alarm assignment from the fire department here. we had four to five buildings on fire. daniel in this apartment complex. both pilots safely ejected, were transported to a local hospital. with nonlife-threatening injuries. we did have the fire under control right now. and we ve had no report of injuries on the ground but we are suspecting you know, the potential could be there because the damage is significant. chief riley, let me just repeat that. as far as you know, the two pilots were taken with nonlife-threatening injuries to the hospital. you do not know of any other
breaking news. the f/a-18 d fighter jet that crashed outside of virginia beach, it was apparently on a training mission. courtney kube is our pentagon producer. we did have eyewitness reports it went into an apartment building, a two-storiable but that the two the pilots ejected safely. yeah, so far we know that they ejected safely but still don t know either of their condition. there are local reports one of the pilots was taken to the hospital but the u.s. navy is not yet confirming that. it did crash into some sort of a residential area, an apartment building. so far it does not appear that was any kind of a base housing. but that doesn t mean that it wasn t it didn t house some local navy families who work there at the base at oceanian na. one thing to keep in mind is
accident took place, the crash took place. anything else that you can tell us about the plane, the mission? no, andrea, just beyond again it is a strike fighter squadron, a two-seat aircraft. it s the type of aircraft that it is very prominent within the fleet. and again, the training squadron does train all of the local east coast pilots and weapons systems officers for their missions in the fleet. thank you very much. commander fill rosi from virginia beach. and we will continue to have more updates as we get more information. now we turn to the white house where it is holding this conference on women and the economy today. and i m joined by the director of the white house domestic policy council. as you can understand, celia, we re coping with this breaking story and dealing with anything, any information that we get on